Cisco WS-X45-SUP6L-E, MEM-X45-512MB-LE, MEM-X45-1GB-LE, Catalyst 4500 E Supervisor Engine 6L-E Series Installation And Configuration Note

Installation and Configuration Note for the Cisco
Catalyst 4500 E-Series Supervisor Engine 6L-E

Product Numbers: WS-X45-SUP6L-E= Cisco Catalyst 4500 E-Series Supervisor Engine 6L-E, MEM-X45-512MB-LE,
MEM-X45-1GB-LE

This publication describes how to install and verify the operation of the Catalyst 4500 E-series
Supervisor Engine 6L-E. Refer to the software configuration guide for your switch for configuration
information for the supervisor engines and switching modules.

Note Catalyst 4500 E-series switching modules require an E-Series Supervisor Engine running a software

Contents

image compatible with that supervisor engine. Refer to your switch’s release notes for compatibility
information.

This document contains these sections:

• Safety Overview, page 2

• Supervisor Engine 6L-E, page 7

• Port Cabling Specifications, page 12

• Installing the Supervisor Engine, page 15

• Memory Upgrade, page 18

• Attaching Module Interface Cables, page 23

• Configuring Your Supervisor Engine, page 25

• X2 Installation, page 25

• Related Documentation, page 27

• Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request, page 28

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Safety Overview

Safety Overview

Throughout this publication, safety warnings appear in procedures that can harm you if performed
incorrectly. A warning symbol precedes each warning statement.

Warning

Waarschuwing

Varoitus

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

This warning symbol means danger. You are in a situation that could cause bodily injury. Before you
work on any equipment, be aware of the hazards involved with electrical circuitry and be familiar
with standard practices for preventing accidents. Use the statement number provided at the end of
each warning to locate its translation in the translated safety warnings that accompanied this
device.

SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS

BELANGRIJKE VEILIGHEIDSINSTRUCTIES

Dit waarschuwingssymbool betekent gevaar. U verkeert in een situatie die lichamelijk letsel kan
veroorzaken. Voordat u aan enige apparatuur gaat werken, dient u zich bewust te zijn van de bij
elektrische schakelingen betrokken risico's en dient u op de hoogte te zijn van de standaard
praktijken om ongelukken te voorkomen. Gebruik het nummer van de verklaring onderaan de
waarschuwing als u een vertaling van de waarschuwing die bij het apparaat wordt geleverd, wilt
raadplegen.

BEWAAR DEZE INSTRUCTIES

TÄRKEITÄ TURVALLISUUSOHJEITA

Tämä varoitusmerkki merkitsee vaaraa. Tilanne voi aiheuttaa ruumiillisia vammoja. Ennen kuin
käsittelet laitteistoa, huomioi sähköpiirien käsittelemiseen liittyvät riskit ja tutustu
onnettomuuksien yleisiin ehkäisytapoihin. Turvallisuusvaroitusten käännökset löytyvät laitteen
mukana toimitettujen käännettyjen turvallisuusvaroitusten joukosta varoitusten lopussa näkyvien
lausuntonumeroiden avulla.

Statement 1071

2

SÄILYTÄ NÄMÄ OHJEET

Attention

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IMPORTANTES INFORMATIONS DE SÉCURITÉ

Ce symbole d'avertissement indique un danger. Vous vous trouvez dans une situation pouvant
entraîner des blessures ou des dommages corporels. Avant de travailler sur un équipement, soyez
conscient des dangers liés aux circuits électriques et familiarisez-vous avec les procédures
couramment utilisées pour éviter les accidents. Pour prendre connaissance des traductions des
avertissements figurant dans les consignes de sécurité traduites qui accompagnent cet appareil,
référez-vous au numéro de l'instruction situé à la fin de chaque avertissement.

CONSERVEZ CES INFORMATIONS

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Warnung

Avvertenza

Advarsel

WICHTIGE SICHERHEITSHINWEISE

Dieses Warnsymbol bedeutet Gefahr. Sie befinden sich in einer Situation, die zu Verletzungen führen
kann. Machen Sie sich vor der Arbeit mit Geräten mit den Gefahren elektrischer Schaltungen und
den üblichen Verfahren zur Vorbeugung vor Unfällen vertraut. Suchen Sie mit der am Ende jeder
Warnung angegebenen Anweisungsnummer nach der jeweiligen Übersetzung in den übersetzten
Sicherheitshinweisen, die zusammen mit diesem Gerät ausgeliefert wurden.

BEWAHREN SIE DIESE HINWEISE GUT AUF.

IMPORTANTI ISTRUZIONI SULLA SICUREZZA

Questo simbolo di avvertenza indica un pericolo. La situazione potrebbe causare infortuni alle
persone. Prima di intervenire su qualsiasi apparecchiatura, occorre essere al corrente dei pericoli
relativi ai circuiti elettrici e conoscere le procedure standard per la prevenzione di incidenti.
Utilizzare il numero di istruzione presente alla fine di ciascuna avvertenza per individuare le
traduzioni delle avvertenze riportate in questo documento.

CONSERVARE QUESTE ISTRUZIONI

VIKTIGE SIKKERHETSINSTRUKSJONER

Dette advarselssymbolet betyr fare. Du er i en situasjon som kan føre til skade på person. Før du
begynner å arbeide med noe av utstyret, må du være oppmerksom på farene forbundet med
elektriske kretser, og kjenne til standardprosedyrer for å forhindre ulykker. Bruk nummeret i slutten
av hver advarsel for å finne oversettelsen i de oversatte sikkerhetsadvarslene som fulgte med denne
enheten.

Aviso

¡Advertencia!

TA VARE PÅ DISSE INSTRUKSJONENE

INSTRUÇÕES IMPORTANTES DE SEGURANÇA

Este símbolo de aviso significa perigo. Você está em uma situação que poderá ser causadora de
lesões corporais. Antes de iniciar a utilização de qualquer equipamento, tenha conhecimento dos
perigos envolvidos no manuseio de circuitos elétricos e familiarize-se com as práticas habituais de
prevenção de acidentes. Utilize o número da instrução fornecido ao final de cada aviso para
localizar sua tradução nos avisos de segurança traduzidos que acompanham este dispositivo.

GUARDE ESTAS INSTRUÇÕES

INSTRUCCIONES IMPORTANTES DE SEGURIDAD

Este símbolo de aviso indica peligro. Existe riesgo para su integridad física. Antes de manipular
cualquier equipo, considere los riesgos de la corriente eléctrica y familiarícese con los
procedimientos estándar de prevención de accidentes. Al final de cada advertencia encontrará el
número que le ayudará a encontrar el texto traducido en el apartado de traducciones que acompaña
a este dispositivo.

GUARDE ESTAS INSTRUCCIONES

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Varning!

VIKTIGA SÄKERHETSANVISNINGAR

Denna varningssignal signalerar fara. Du befinner dig i en situation som kan leda till personskada.
Innan du utför arbete på någon utrustning måste du vara medveten om farorna med elkretsar och
känna till vanliga förfaranden för att förebygga olyckor. Använd det nummer som finns i slutet av
varje varning för att hitta dess översättning i de översatta säkerhetsvarningar som medföljer denna
anordning.

SPARA DESSA ANVISNINGAR

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Safety Overview

Aviso

Advarsel

INSTRUÇÕES IMPORTANTES DE SEGURANÇA

Este símbolo de aviso significa perigo. Você se encontra em uma situação em que há risco de lesões
corporais. Antes de trabalhar com qualquer equipamento, esteja ciente dos riscos que envolvem os
circuitos elétricos e familiarize-se com as práticas padrão de prevenção de acidentes. Use o
número da declaração fornecido ao final de cada aviso para localizar sua tradução nos avisos de
segurança traduzidos que acompanham o dispositivo.

GUARDE ESTAS INSTRUÇÕES

VIGTIGE SIKKERHEDSANVISNINGER

Dette advarselssymbol betyder fare. Du befinder dig i en situation med risiko for
legemesbeskadigelse. Før du begynder arbejde på udstyr, skal du være opmærksom på de
involverede risici, der er ved elektriske kredsløb, og du skal sætte dig ind i standardprocedurer til
undgåelse af ulykker. Brug erklæringsnummeret efter hver advarsel for at finde oversættelsen i de
oversatte advarsler, der fulgte med denne enhed.

GEM DISSE ANVISNINGER

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Supervisor Engine 6L-E

Supervisor Engine 6L-E

This section describes the Catalyst 4500 E-series Supervisor Engine 6L-E (WS-X45-SUP6L-E). See

Figure 1. This supervisor engine provides IPv6 data path and data control for all Layer 2 network

interfaces, and provides 10-Gigabit Ethernet interfaces for uplinks.

The Supervisor Engine 6L-E is supported in the Catalyst 4503, 4506, 4507R, 4503-E, 4506-E, and
4507R-E switches. On the Catalyst 4503, 4503-E, 4506, and 4506-E switches, you can install the
Supervisor Engine 6L-E only in slot 1. On the Catalyst 4507R switch, you install the primary supervisor
engine in slot 1, and you can install an optional redundant supervisor engine in slot 2. On the Catalyst
4507R-E switch, you install the primary supervisor engine in slot 3, and you can install an optional
redundant supervisor engine in slot 4. The supervisor engines in a redundant system must be of the same
type.

The supervisor engine is hot swappable, but packets are not forwarded when the last supervisor engine
has been removed from the switch. When a supervisor engine is reinserted into the switch, the supervisor
engine reboots.

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Supervisor Engine 6L-E

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3 Active Supervisor LED 6 Uplink ports 9 DIMM

The supervisor engine includes interfaces for SNMP, console, and Telnet, and provides management
functions, such as environmental status monitoring.

The Supervisor Engine 6L-E provides the following features:

• 512-MB onboard DIMM memory (upgradeable to 1 GB)

• 128-MB onboard flash memory (in addition to compact flash memory)

• Compact flash port

• 280-Gbps switching capacity, 225 million packets-per-second actual forwarding rate (v4),

110 million packets-per-second actual forwarding rate (v6)

• Support for up to 55,000 MAC addresses for Layer 2 switching (up to 64,000 entries, 16-way

associative lookup table)

• Support for up to 4,094 VLANs, 802.1Q VLAN tagging on all ports

• Up to 32K unicast and multicast forwarding entries, expandable to 64 K unicast and multicast IPV4

forwarding information base (FIB) entries

• Support for Catalyst 4500 series and Catalyst 4500 E-series switching modules (except EoL models)

• Default Layer 2 forwarding at startup (hardware based)

• Broadcast suppression on a per-port basis

• Multicast suppression on a per-port basis

• Unicast suppression on a per-port basis

• EtherChannel at 10/100/1000 Mbps and 10Gbps

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• Protocol filtering on a per-port basis

• Dynamic protocol filtering

• Support for IEEE 802.3x flow control

• Hardware-based multicast

• Hardware-based access lists

• Supervisor engine redundancy between primary and standby supervisor engines in Catalyst 4507R

and Catalyst 4507R-E switches

• 802.1Q tunneling

• Storm control in hardware

Features of the Supervisor Engine Front Panel

The following sections describe the LEDs, connectors, and switches on the Catalyst 4500 E-series
Supervisor Engine 6L-E:

• LEDs, page 9

• 10-Gigabit Ethernet Uplink Ports, page 10

• Gigabit Ethernet SFP Uplink Ports, page 10

Supervisor Engine 6L-E

LEDs

• Ethernet Management Port, page 10

• Console Port, page 12

• Reset Button, page 12

• Compact Flash Port, page 12

Table 1 describes the LEDs on the supervisor engine front panel.

Table 1 Supervisor Engine LEDs (WS-X45-SUP6L-E)

LED LED Status Description

STATUS Indicates the results of a series of self-tests.

Green All diagnostic tests passed.

Red A test failed.

Orange System boot or diagnostic test is in progress.

Off Module is disabled.

UTILIZATION Green 1–100% If the switch is operational, this display indicates the current

traffic load over the backplane (as an approximate percentage).

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